MEMORY DEVICE STORING INFORMATION WARNING A USER ABOUT THE DEVELOPER-REMAINING AMOUNT, A PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING A MEMORY STORING SUCH INFORMATION, AND A CONTROL SYSTEM AND A MEMORY SYSTEM FOR WARNING A USER ABOUT THE DEVELOPER-REMAINING AMOUNT

摘要

An image forming apparatus or a cartridge detachably attachable to the image forming apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus comprises a developer container for containing developer, a developer amount detector for detecting an amount of the developer contained in the developer container, a memory for memorizing information concerning the amount of the developer detected by the detector and an output unit for outputting the information concerning the amount of the developer. The output unit outputs the information concerning the developer memorized in the memory until the detection result of the detector is confirmed.